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In My tree
Pearl Jam
Tabbed by Nick Key (nkey@ionet.net)
INTRO and verse 1:
Play each note as many times as you can in duration
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A----------------000000000--2222222222--------
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Play this until
CHORUS 1: ("Up here so high I start to shake..")
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D---------------------------------
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E------333333/5--0-00000000------- last time - hold out E until Bridge
VERSE 2: ("I remember when, yeah...")(constant variations on last part)
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A---------------------------12-12-12h13-12-------
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CHORUS 2 ("I'm so light the wind he shakes...")
Bridge - (Breakdown after chorus)
Take your pick
Play verse under it or
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A------(22222222--222222222--00000000000--222222222)--
E------(00000000--222222222--00000000000--000000000)--
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Dirk Average |
#1 by Dirk Vandermeyden at Feb 13, 1975 at 8:21 PM EST |
| the song to me is about taking a look at the world from a safe place. the world seems more peaceful when you see it from a distance. just relaxing and enjoying life, or taking time out to just relax a bit, and enjoy the company around you. you can see what a good person you are if you give yourself a chance. | |
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Paul Wanna Be |
#2 by Paul at Apr 6, 1975 at 4:06 PM EST |
| I do not think this song is about drugs.... it is too wise and upbeat to be about drugs... Honestly I think it is Eddie telling the media that it doesnt matter what they think, eddie is in his tree and doesnt care....It has the Tribal rhythm that no code was known for.... he's changed so much that he waves to all his friends but they dont notice him.... look at how much of a change No Code was Pearl jam was able to shed most of their fair-weather "friends" with No Code.... I love this song... | |
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Zane Rhythm Player |
#3 by Zane Bardarson at May 31, 1979 at 1:39 PM EST |
| This Person is or was on crack for a long time, and in that time he lost his innocence and found it later by reviving his drug use, but not crack Mary jane later found his innocence, hence the trees. | |
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kristopher-karl Average |
#4 by kristopher-karl Schröder at Oct 2, 1982 at 7:04 PM EST |
| I don't think this song has to do with drugs as Regos the Sane has said. I feel it has to pertain to finding peace away from other pressures. The act of climbing a tree, which most have sometime done, is a tranquil experience and has a lot of representations behind it. | |
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eddy Lead Player |
#5 by eddy blade at Apr 8, 1983 at 9:26 AM EST |
| This song is about that girl who lived in the tree--Julia Rainbow something or other, I forget her name. Anyway, she was big in the news for a bit. | |
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graeme Lead Player |
#6 by graeme cook at Oct 5, 1984 at 12:34 PM EST |
| I see it as a metaphor of some sort...not sure exactly...but it's Eddie's way of confronting loneliness, abandonement, isolation, etc. Is it just me or is No Code one of the most underrated albums of all time??! | |
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Donal Average |
#7 by Donal farrigan at Sep 3, 1985 at 7:09 PM EST |
| Compare this song to Deep and Given To Fly. Both of them refer to drug abuse by people looking down at the world, and Given to Fly specifically talks about a tree. Also look at lines like "I'm trading stories with the leaves" and "I'm so high the sky I scrape". It seems impossible that this song could not be referring to drugs. | |
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Dylan Average |
#8 by Dylan at Jun 24, 1986 at 3:25 AM EST |
| this song has some different levels of meaning 1 hes just stoned "i'm so high i hold this one breath deep within my chest" 2 hes grown in a way that people dont notice/understand "i wave to all my friends, they dont seem to notice me" " "knowledge is a tree. its growing up just like me" 3 hes somehow regressed "i caught a glimpse of my innocense, i got my innocense, still got it" "i go back to my nest, sleep in innocense" 4 hes broken free of everyday constraints and has found some peace "newspapers matter not to me. no more crowbars to my head. im trading stories with the leaves instead" personally, i think the song is about some expereince that encompassed all of those things for eddie | |
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kevin Wanna Be |
#9 by kevin dunn at Aug 18, 1986 at 10:17 PM EST |
| I agree completely with all of you who think this is PJ's most under-rated album. It's probably my favorite one and this is my favorite PJ song of all-time. Although I think it's about how Eddie was dealing with all of the problems that come with fame and success, it has a lot of personal meaning for me, too. | |
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TheEmuIsEmo Average |
#10 by TheEmuIsEmo at Dec 29, 1988 at 10:57 PM EST |
| I Agree with PJ10. I think it is about him metaphorically looking down on the world and how he is percieved and treated. As for DeathRockBoy's statement, I agree it is the most underrated album. I feel it is arguably their best. | |
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Jimmy Wanna Be |
#11 by Jimmy Jazz at Aug 31, 1989 at 12:34 AM EST |
| This song is about that girl who lived in the tree | |
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will Wanna Be |
#12 by will bennett at May 2, 1991 at 11:15 AM EST |
| I think that this song and this album are mainly about simplicity and the beauty of nature. The narrator likes the view from being in hte tree, and now that he is up there he is made happier and happier at his distance from "society" and his nearness to that which is real and beautiful...Nature While I dont think that this song is drug inspired, I do get reminded of my younger, "more carefree" days when I hear it. A friend of mine who had a party house that was full everynight would sometimes take large quantities of acid and go down to the park down the road and climb this huge pine tree. We would do this in the summer or the winter, dusk or dawn. I am terribly afraid of heights but would find myself 30 feet off the ground in this big tree, feeling safe, watching cars go by, watching people walk their dogs and shovel their sidewalks....it was very peaceful up there and we would sway in the breeze for hours and not even speak. That is what this song means to me. | |
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Danyboi Average |
#13 by Danyboi at Sep 14, 1994 at 2:56 AM EST |
| damn smily3t85, you just recently bought this album? This is an imperitive inclusion to anyones album collection who grew up in the 90s. I love this song. This is about letting go, coming into your own and being able to spot the disillusionment in those still in it. | |
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[HFC] NICK fuck Average |
#14 by [HFC] NICK fuckers at Apr 13, 1996 at 9:12 AM EST |
| If you don't have a live version of this song, get one. The guitar is so much clearer, it sounds incredible and it's a great contrast to Eddie's voice. The album version just doesn't come close. | |
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Lucas Average |
#15 by Lucas Grizzle at Feb 5, 1998 at 10:19 PM EST |
| Damn, I think the song's pretty freaking straightforward. | |
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kick azz bass p Rhythm Player |
#16 by kick azz bass player at May 16, 2005 at 1:47 PM EST |
| closing yourself off from the world...............for reasons that you can or cannot control or know. | |
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